By Joan Nansikombi
Shock gripped residents of Sembabule District after lightning struck a mother and injured her daughter during a heavy downpour.
The incident occurred at Kasongode Village in Lugusulu Sub-county in Sembabule District.
The deceased has been identified as Manjeri Asiimwe, a wife to Nathan Mwesigye, the chairperson Kasongode Village- while their daughter Joyce Kankunda is nursing wounds at Lugusulu Health Centre IV in Sembabule District.
Mwesigye said he was shocked to see the house on fire following a lightning bolt and he was surprised to find his wife dead and the minor injured.
Last Month, lightning killed six people in Rubanda, Rakai and Kanungu Districts in a space of one week.
According to the World Meteorological Organisation, Uganda has one of the highest rates of lightning strike deaths in the world and rural schools are among those mostly affected.
